Smugglers Holster
v1.0
Hey Guys, thanks for the feedback. I decided, based on some feedback, to go back and put together a few images to ponder.
Buttons/Disk - Episode IV
Using a screen cap, and using the image posted by Uncharted Leather, I fired up Photoshop and attempted to once again determine some measurements my duplicating the buttons on multiple parts of the holster.
While this is obviously a crude way of doing this, it does help in that I know the standard diameter of the buttons that are available today, and I don't see them using anything custom in 1977.
So, from there, we can visually see how many "button lengths" things are, if we can determine the button size used.
...here is where things get a little bit wonky.
Butt-on...the-other-hand...
Here is a 100% scale image I just put together. (sorry for the size, but I wanted to make sure we weren't being thrown off by scaling issues).
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So, to break this down.
On the left I have added a 2" belt, along with three potential sizes for the "disk". On the left of each disk (Red) are the 15mm - 0.590" buttons. On the right (Blue) are the 16mm - 0.629" buttons.
This allows us to see exactly how the different sized buttons look on different sized disks. Now, lets hop over to the right.
Here are the two images photoshopped using the cloned buttons. This is where my brain starts jumping back and fourth between what I think, and what I think two minutes later.
If I look at the buttons right next to the disk on both images, I would be convinced the buttons are 16mm. However, if I look at other parts of the holster, I am convinced that the buttons are 15mm.
Now, I could go off on a bunch of theories as to why they look different, but if I had to choose, I would say that the buttons next to the disk on both images point...ever so slightly to 16mm buttons.
Disk-covery
If we can agree that the buttons are in fact 16mm - 0.629" then we can turn our attention to the disk itself.
To my eyes, there is no way the disk is 1", or over 1.25". When I look at the buttons on top of the disk, I see that the hight of the disk is slightly less than the width of two buttons.
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Here, we have 16mm buttons, compared to a 30.16mm - 1.1875" disk. Looks pretty close, no?
Right Height
We still haven't looked at the height of the disks, or whether the diameter is the same for the other films, but I think this is a good starting point.
I have been in contact with a popular vendor that sells a version of the disk. He has shown interest in this, and has mentioned that he is open to adjusting his product to be more accurate if we discover something.
I think we are getting there, and I appreciate the help!